Deciphering the genetic basis of speech and language disorders

Annual Review of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue , 2003, Pages 57-80

  Fisher, Simon E ^a   Lai, Cecilia S L ^a   Monaco, Anthony P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

FOXP2; Linkage analysis; Quantitative trait locus; SPCH1; Specific language impairment

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHROMOSOME 13; CHROMOSOME 16; CHROMOSOME 19; CHROMOSOME 2; CHROMOSOME 7; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; GENE DISRUPTION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPEECH DISORDER;

FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MALE; PEDIGREE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SPEECH DISORDERS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0038571125     PISSN: 0147006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.neuro.26.041002.131144     Document Type: Review

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